NetWare 4.1/9000 Concepts

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NetWare Glossary

LAN

See “Local Area Network (LAN).”

LAN driver, client

A LAN driver serves as a link between a station's operating system and the

physical network parts.

NetWare 4 clients are designed for LAN drivers written to the Open Data-

Link Interface (ODI) speciﬁcation.

ODI drivers connect directly to the ODI model’s Link Support Layer (LSL),

which serves as an intermediary between the drivers and the communication

protocols.

See also: “Link Support Layer (LSL)”; “ODI.”

Large Internet Packet (LIP)

Generally the size of packets that cross bridges or routers on NetWare

networks has been limited to 576 total bytes. The 576 bytes include the

following:

• 512 bytes for data

• 30 bytes for the IPX header

• 34 bytes for the NCP or SPX header

Some network architectures, such as Ethernet and token ring, allow larger

packets to be sent over the network.

By allowing the NetWare packet size to be increased, LIP enhances the

throughput over bridges and routers.